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vagonca-rigo · 10 months

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You like trains, I like trains, I wanna share with you a train that connects us more than one would think!

This little adorable 2' Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk locomotive, built in 1940!

One of the final locomotives built by CKD before it became BMM during the occupation.

And somehow, it made its way from Europe, to California, then over to Indiana. And when it arrived at the Hesston Steam Museum in Indiana in the 80s or 90s, they checked it over and found chalk marks on the inside of the boiler from when it was built.

It had never been steamed before!

Anyway hehe wanted to share an adorable little loco Ive seen and ridden behind

RIDDEN BEHIND?? I'M INCREDIBLY JEALOUS!! AND SUCH PRETTY LIVERY....

And it was THAT fresh? Sounds like a successful attempt at saving it from use/dismantling by the nazis, though I see that the story behind it is a complete mystery with only speculations around...still, very interesting!! :3c

#reminds me of the Siemens/Halske MillFAV* unit which i think after '89 when we parted ways with the soviet union was transferred to #the Brno museum of technology but then they decided to only keep n show czech stuff and they transferred it to the Kennebunkport #trolley museum which actually wanted to get ahold of one for a long while #as far as i know though its not yet operational #*MillFAV(and many other spellings) is kind of a catch-all name for the old and 'new' units on M1 of Budapest though the one #i mentioned has a nick: Old lady!#and one still operates on nostalgia events! theres also 2 displayed at Deák Ferenc tér in the underground railway museum #Postaláda #mutuals #trains

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